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Gamecube Finally Plays GBA Games

Posted by timothy on from the what's-your-fetish dept.

ytzombe writes "Gamespot News is reporting that for about 5000 yen an attachment will be available to play GBA games on the Gamecube. The serial port underneath the system will be the gateway to the device and will include a port to enable multiplayer games. This will finally allow me to play the Castlevania games without fusing my naked retina to the screen."

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  1. wow by outsider007 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    An adapter that lets me play sweet retro-looking 16 bit games on my tv *drool*
    - oh wait I can just dust off the snes in the attic!

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  2. Re:Lemme get this straight. by tdegruyl · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A $44 attachment for a $70 unit to plug into your $150 console to play $35 games with the quality lesser than that of a 1990 era NES that sells for $20?

    ... priceless
  3. Re:blah by MNJavaGuy · · Score: 4, Insightful
    And just how are they aiming the new Zelda at children? Because of the cel shaded graphics? Have you played the new Zelda? It is honestly a very well made game. The graphics are fluid and the framerate is stable and from what I hear, it promises to be more challenging than most children would be able to take. Don't judge a book by it's cover and don't judge a game by it's graphics. Just because it doesn't look like the realistic, gritty Spaceworld tech demo doesn't mean that it is automatically geared towards children. And since when has Zelda been an adult oriented game? I've found all of them to be a lot of fun for all ages, even the E3 demo of Zelda GC.

    Just my $0.02

  4. Are you kidding? by Viewsonic · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Zelda has ALWAYS looked like a cartoon. Nintendo is doing EXACTLY what true console fanatics want. They are giving us the next generation of THE best console games ever made. And to top it off with a nice cherry, they're giving us a great retro nostaligic kickback to the very cool 2D gaming we all fell in love with on the GameBoy Advance, and now the Adaptor to play them on the TV. If you're REALLY into the console gaming, the stuff Nintendo is doing is HEADS AND TAILS above everyone else. If you look at what Microsoft is doing, its laughable. They're trying to turn CONSOLE GAMING into PC GAMING - If I wanted to play Unreal Tournament on my TV, I would have used my TV OUT on my video card! Talk about ignorant marketing!

  5. An alternative to a SNES by Ayanami+Rei · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Posts aside about this adapter being the functional equivalent of pulling an SNES out from the closet, the point is there are NEW, addictive games for the GBA that deserve an occaisonal big screen treatment. And it's not like we forget the GBA is portable, you take the game with you when you can't sit in front of the console any longer.

    Here'd be another neat trick, getting the SNES cartridges to work with the GBA with a smart dongle. Then you'd have the full monte.

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  6. Re:Metroid Prime by Viewsonic · · Score: 4, Insightful
    how do you rationalize it playing like crap then? there is no speed or freedom of movement whatsoever. this game is riddled with so many design flaws -- it's unbelievable. it would make a B+ quake clone on the PC, but combined with the completely inadequate precision x/y controls on the gamecube, combat just makes for a button mashing contest.

    This is a troll .. There is full freedom of movement. There is nothing on rails like some XBox fanboys were trying to rumor. It plays at a solid 60fps in full 3D, and it is by FAR the best 1st person controlled game ever. Nintendo & Rare got the controls down so slick. Really, it is insane. You obviously haven't played it, and I will assume you're just upset you got locked out of the XBox Live because your modchip got you canned.

  7. Region coding? by Tsuzuki · · Score: 5, Insightful

    One thing immediately springs to mind as a PAL gamer who likes Japanese games...

    Since GBA games aren't region-coded and Gamecubes are region-specific, I wonder if this item would limit the region you could play your GBA games in?

  8. Re:Zelda by tgibbs · · Score: 4, Insightful
    Nintendo's decision to aim the new Zelda game at young children cost them at least one Gamecube sale: mine.

    This is pretty ridiculous. Zelda has always been a "kids of all ages" series. Personally, I like the new look (which actually is more in the spirit of the original series than the rather generic look of the N64 Zelda games).

    I think Nintendo's business model is stronger than ever. There are always going to be kids, and Nintendo is the only company that seems to have found the formula for producing games that appeal to kids as well as to many adults. The only difference is that they have broadened their focus to accept a few of the best teen game, like Resident Evil.